Rare non-epithelial primary breast neoplasms: a ten-year experience at a Greek University Hospital.

نویسندگان

  • A Kondi-Pafiti
  • D Dellaportas
  • D Myoteri
  • A Tsagkas
  • E Ntakomyti
  • E Kairi-Vasilatou
چکیده

PURPOSE Non-epithelial breast neoplasms cover a large spectrum of histopathological entities. The demographics and clinical features are similar to epithelial breast lesions but the diagnosis, prognosis and management options are often very different. METHODS During 2001-2010, 1362 patients were examined at the Pathology Department of the Aretaieion General Hospital for various breast lesions. All specimens were processed routinely and slides stained with hematoxylin-eosin were re-examined. The patient clinical records were examined for demographics, clinical presentation and therapeutic approach. RESULTS In 23/1362 cases (1.68%) pathological examination showed non-epithelial lesions: in 12/1362 cases (0.8%) haemangiomas (11 women, one man), in 4 /1362 cases (0.3%) myofibroblastomas (MFB), in 2/1362 cases (0.1%) primary breast non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), in 3 /1362 cases (0.2%) granular cell tumor (GCT), and in 2/1362 cases (0.1%) angiosarcomas (one developed after radiotherapy for breast cancer). CONCLUSIONS Non-epithelial primary breast tumors are rare (1.68%) and present significant difficulty in accurate preoperative diagnosis and in certain cases in pathological diagnosis as well, which is necessary for the selection of the appropriate treatment. Avoidance of inappropriate therapies requires a multidisciplinary management approach.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of B.U.ON. : official journal of the Balkan Union of Oncology

دوره 18 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2013